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-ENTBBTAINB A's‘ BIJDGII- w-s. James Orichton was hostess n, her home in Summerside to a two table bridge in aid of the prince county Hospital. Prizes w," awarded to silks. William ggyvtsrd and M28. J. B. DesRocha- t5.

._srr.crar. MEETING or w. A- ,4 speilihi meeting- oi the Sum- merslde Anglican W. A. Wis held 1n 5t. Mary's Hall on Wednesday uternoon with the Junior W. A. ,5 guests when MraPrancIs How- ud of 'I‘oronto,Onta.rIo, was guest rpeaker. she had spent sixteen years as missionary in China and returned in 1947 when all mis- llonarles were asked to loave be- .~ause oi the Communists. Mrs. Hgward gave many interesting highlights on her work In shang- hal. Free Ohlna and other sec- Lions. The president, Mrs. Ray Clark. who was in the chair, op- gngd the meeting with the sing- tm; of the hymn. "Joyful, Joyful. We Adore Thee". This was foi- lowed with prayer by-Arohdeacon Harrison, who also introducedthe honored guegt. Mrs. James Mur- phy. a delegate to the annual dio- cesan meeting in Oharlottetown, submitted a splendid report. The conduding hymn, "T-he Day Thw Ggvgst, Lord," was followed by grnyei’, after which a social hour was enjoyed. Dainty refreshments were served by the committee In marge, Mrs. W. W. Baker. Mrs. 1LT. Tanton and Mrs. Samuel Simmons.

Chamber 0F _ Commerce . Work A ls Ouilinfll

m. Ralph Rawsthorne. assistant manager. field service dept, Can- adian Chamber of Commerce, was guest speaker last evening at a special dinner meeting held at the Olympia Restaurant.

Mr. T. Earle Hickey, C.A., pref

aident of the Iocd board presided-

and after all hatbenjoyed a delic- iOus chicken su t Mr. ‘Hickey introduced V-to the members as- sembled aeveralilprominent visitors from other . nities- Mr. Lmis O'Connor, ' nt P.E.I. Farm- ers Federation; Mr.‘ Peter Pate.

president oflz-‘the- Alberton and West PrinceHBdard; Keith Mathieson. oil 'O'Leary.

Mr. Hickey asked all those ‘ss- mnbled to stand and observe the silence in memory of past presi- dent Mr. J. LeRoy Holman whose sudden death on Wednesday shocked the community.

m. L. R. Allen moved a letter of condolence be sent to the sur- viving relatives. His motion was ably seconded by Mr. John E. Campbell. ,_

The guest} speaker, Mr. Raws- thorne, proved himself to be rr pleasing and fluent speaker with a remarkabfi grasp of business conditions in Olnldm- '

He pointed’ out thahthe Boards of Trade all over Canada and the Canadian Ohamber/ of Commerce are one and, th dame. working for the srme e‘ 1 e build a bet- ie- Canada, ‘to back In the community for what

we act out of It." '

The Boards of Trade. he said.

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-srnnvo snunvnar n. air popular styles and shades now in 1"" dillllly- Our shipments are "PW IFIWlIlR at regular Intervals. Visit us early this week-end. The M"? Ann. opposite ' Capitol Theatre, Summerside. ~

—HOSP!TAL moms sni- am. Heal-h Strong, presidential the Ladies’ Aid of the Priiice 9911M! Hospital. called a special meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the Nurses’ Home for the pur- pose of transacting important bus- iness. ItHvas moved that the pins for the graduate nurses should be ordered at once. Alter some dis- cussion, It was decided to pilxch- ase a studio couch for the gradu- ate nurses’ restroom In the.hos- Dital. It was moved that the so- ciety should renew its membership with the Maritime Hospital‘ Aids Association. The pantry sale of the centre Ward which was to

ery Dept. on- saturday, postponed until the following Sat- urday. April 2. The secretdry was authorized to send a sympathy to Mrs. leRoyil-loiman and the Misses Carrie and Gladys Holman in their recent (sad be- reavement. At the close oi the meeting the Dlme-A-Mont-h cards were given to the members for distribution throughout ‘the town.

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. . PLIIMBEIIS‘ BILL Continued from page 1

principle would have to be extend-

s ed to all tradesmen. 1f the public

heeded protectlonq the best pro- tectinn would fbe tan Act similar to the Electrical Inspection Act; but! contend chit another Act is not necessary-because in the city oi Charlottetown they already have an inspector, Mr. Stanley tMatheson, and in Summerslde a Mr. Groom." '

Mr. MacKinnon said that the men asking. for the bill were willing to have its application limited to Charlottetown, Royalty, and Sum- merside.

Hon. Mr. Barbour suggested that in view of the short time before prorogalion, the bill-could be with- drawn now and brought up next session. "it would be better to do that than have,it klIed," he argued. ‘ - _

Mr. MacKinnon: "I made that

suggestion to those who asked that this bill be passed, and told them there was considerable opposition to it: but they wouldn't agree to that." .~ Mr. D. Ll. Mathieson said he un- dcrstood the bIIFhad been redrafi- ed with the idea oi meeting the ,position voiced in committee the other day.

Mr. Speaker Cullen: “That is as far as I can allow the hon. mem- ber to go on this motion. The con- tents oi the bill cannot be dis- cussed at this time."

Mr. Mathieson said he just wish- ed to show that there was no at- tempt to "put anything over" on those who were opposed to the original provisions.

The vote was then called, with the result above mentioned.

DIVORCE COURT

i In qr amendment to the Divorce ~Court Act. passed yesterday morn- ing, it Ilprovlded that the Chief Justice may order any action on record or ._endlng to be transferred to the Supreme Court, provided

have been held In Hoirnans Grcc- _ was‘

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are creating a better understand- that such action is not opposed by in: between the rural districts and ,any party to the proceedings, or ihwneople of the towns by takinrby the King's Proctor.

ulfbnd dealing with matters rel-| ,oppos1tion members suggested atire to both. He said a recent ‘that It was doubtful if the House "wiry had indicated that the ‘had jurisdiction to pass this amend-

movements of the Hoard oi ‘Prado

was growing rapidlybut he atated|

that the governing body, the Chamber oi Oommerce. was per- mits more interested in the work the boards were doing. than in the increased growth. He outlined "I! many services rendered by fhd boards in towns and com- m lties where thev are located. l" as better roads, parks, tour- ist trade.

r. Donald Baker. past presid- in moved a vote. of thanlu which ms seconded by m. LP. Foley.

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-ment., Hon. Dr. MacMlllan took strong

option to the manner in which {the Divorce Court Act had been [brought into force after havinl been voted down in the Legislature land afterwards enacted by order- in-council. ’

The 'bll1 was finally passed on ‘the undertaking oi the promoter. Hon. l". A. Large, that there would be a reference to the Supreme Court to decide on its validity.

"An Act for raisin: ~moriey on the credit oi the Consolidated Revenue Fund." which Dull‘! u" committee stage without much dis- cussion, authorized bond borrow- ings to an amount not exccedinl 33,000,000 for var-loin specified purposes.

An amendment was also Pill"! to the Act Providinl for supra to retired civil‘ server! . lllnffllllll the amount from mo w 00110-

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SMALLMAIL‘

Two Stores In Summarsldc Where Price Is Matched With Quality

Another long distance flight by the members of the specialist nav- igation course now undergoing training at the n. c. s. F. station, Summerside. was completed late yesterday altemoon. The Lancas- ter aircraft Polaris set down at 5-25 and the Zenith followed a half hour later. The planes had leit the Azores at eight o'clock yesterday morning where they had been held up a iew hours by unfavourable weather after arriv- ing from England.

The purpose oi the trio was to kive the course an opportunity to visit RAF. navigation schools and research and manufacturing In- stitutions. Squadron Leader W. L. Gillespie, who was In charge o! the flight, said on arrrival that the trip had been most profitable and that they‘ had got a lot oi ideas

Long Distance Flight Completed Yesterday

that will help in adjusting the training at Summerslde. He said that before going over he had not been convinced oi the value oi these liaison visits but now he considers them to be most im- portant.

Besides receiving much valuable Imiormation he said that they were able to impart some useful knowledge to the R.A.F.. partic- ularly on Arctic flying.

They also had the opportunity oi inspecting some of the new high-speed jet planes now bein’! nut into service by the R. A. F. Squadron Leader Gillespie also said that the R. A.F. Lincoln air- craft, the Aries, that flew over the North Pole about a year ego ifllllllefliid to make a training flight to Summerside in the fall.

Mr. Hughes

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the Dominion-Provincial confer- ence on taxation and quoted eX- cerpts irom Hansard in support oi his claim that the Premiers of Ontario and Quebec had broken up the conference. "There is no record In Hansard," he maintained, "where any Province other than Ontario expressed any general ap- provaf-of the. Ontario proposal.

"We got 17$. oi the Canadian total. Under Premier Drew's pro- posal we would have got one half of one per cent. Fiscal need is the only basis on which this Pro- vince can get any substantial sums from Ottawa."

"Nothing Being Done”

“Every effort should be made to

secure data and statistics for the next Dominion-Provincial confer- ence," he added. "I see nothing being done by the Government in this connection." ~ Mr. Hughes stated that he had agreed to assist such a body last spring and made preparations, so that when the time came he would know his subject. But the time never came he added. "There's no use starting in to get figures that someone in Spud island made up. They would last as long as a snowball in the nether regions, when they got to Ottawa. You've got to ilnd out what figures you want and then get" them from the Bureauoi Statistics." Ha recounted how he had taken initial steps to work with Dr. Murphy on this matter, but through Iilhess, little was done.

Mr. Hughes also insisted that "this Province should know what figures the Dominion will set down. That information can be secured - and should be secured." He proceeded to mention other necessary figures including the totals oi taxes collected In Qan- ada, outside flioas collected by the Dominion Government and the profits oi outside corporations, mods in the Province.

Mr. Hugheshoped that Canada would never be burdened by a national adjustment grsntgvblch had been referred to by the Lead- er oi the Opposition. He said it was a failure in Australia and doubted if any Province in Oan- ada would submit to it.

speaking of Prince Edward Isl- and trade with Newfoundland. Mr. Hughes said he was shocked last Jsnu y. An old friend from Newfoundland. whom he had met causally, stated that than was an mglishman there - dclrq a good job — and that be had heard that this trade would be carried on by a company which handles pit-props on the Island:

The speaker then warned against the rising cost oi Government me stated that "when the cost of government Is half the earnings of the people. the civilization has gone to pieces."

In Canada today the coat of

not is nearly one-third the no al earnings and'in the U. l. almost one-quarter.

Ab. Hughes recounted his ea-

periauce since becoming Provincial

» Treasurer In ma. He deplored the

lack oi proper records and eventual- ly prevailed on his collegues - without difficulty - to have an external audit. This he believed was the first complete external audit ever carried out oi the Provinces finance.

He paid tribute to the men who had done such a good job on the provincial books for as much as 75 YBRIS. and advocated an an- n-ual audit which would be relatively easier than ‘intermittent audits.

Mr. Hughes also spoke oi figur- ing out - in spare time in Ottawa — a method that should give con- troi of expenditures. Apparently it worked. "That is one thing I did!" he declared.

Turns King's Evidence; Gels Dealh Sentence

MONTREAL, March M — (CF) — Donald (The Rat) Perreault. who turned King's evidence against his two pals. was himself convict- ed of murder today and sentenced to be hanged July a.

With the third murder convic- tion. the crown completed a ‘task begun shsmonths ago when two policemen were shot down during a $2.000 bank holdup.

Noel Cioutl , 24, who hurled the appellation "Donald. The Rat" at Perresult in open court, was hanged March 11.

Douglas Perresult, as. unrelat- ed to the 27-year-old Donald, would have been hanged tomorrow but for an appeal against his cotnvic- tion. Péndirig this hearing, his execution has been set for June

Smiling. almost cocky during his trial, Donald — the man ivho drove the others to the holdup job - paled when the death sentence was passed but showed no other emotion. ,

The‘ jurors deliberated as min- utel.

Neatly dressed throughout the trial in a dark blue suit and white shirt and wearing horn-rimmed glasses, Donald yesterday testified in his own defence.

H, maintained he knew nothing of a planned bank holdup. He said he agreed to drive Douglas Per- reault and Cloutier to the East 17nd The’! told him they had a payroll job. Donald said didn't know they were armed. e re- mained in theoar near the bank when the others got out. ._

Donald said he heard firing and drove away. Oloutier no caught in a lansway soon after the hold- up and shooting. Police found about $2.000 stuffed In Cloufleru shirt. believed ytc be practically the entire amount rloien.

Later Donald sot in touch-With Douglas and th, two made their getaway from Montreal. Two weeks lates- they were caught in Taber. Alta, while trying to steal gue- iine from a service station,

amavr _ musing sows and from 10o to

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ylslidei an. Auction Proves Iluge Success

The annual radio auction o! the Sunmenido Y's Men's Glub was held on Wednesday afternoon and evening over~the localrradio sta- tion and was a great success, the gross amount of the plds being $2,624.00. The sum oi $48.00 was made by indivldull mentors 0L the club complying to requests for songs and recitatlons. ‘rhrbiuin- ess end of the broadcast was set up on the second floor oi Hol- man! store and ten telephones were in almost continuous action. Listeners were entertained by a male choir under the direction of John Leuty. Bidding was brisk during both the afternoon ‘and evening and the ‘telephone oper- ators were kept busy.

All members of the club partic- ipated in some way according to the following schedule: (lo-chair- men. Edwin Fstey and Clarence Mercer; telephones, Geo. Clarke, Horace MacFarlsne, Ralph Mac- Fariane. Harold Rodd. Lloyd Gor- riil. Jock Hopklrk. Roy- Pollard, Frank Cameron. Fred Binghsm, H. T. Holman Jr; clipping board, Lucas Allen. Allison MacLeari, Art Rogers: auction board, Ken Call- beok. Louis Bezeau. Don Sears; doorman and runner. Lindsay Wil- lctt; listing and describing articles. Lucas Allen. Roy Pollard. Lindsay Wiilett; advertising and publicity. Roy Pollard; window dressing and wrapping and packing articles, Bill Currie, Hillard Clark, Ron Jeffery: entertainment. Dick Hen- torn. John Ieuty: totalling‘ bids. Bill Ourrie. Lowell Hancock; an- uauncers. Ross MacKenzie, Arch Hopkins, Tonv Williams. Charles Linkleiter: prennrinz auction room, Geo. Olarke: installation of tele- phones. R. T. Holman. Jr. S

Says Op. Leader Would Make Besl Ileallh Minister

"If we had the leader of the Op- position cn this side of the House. he would make the best Mhuisr oi Health we ever had." declared Mr. C. W. Delaney (L-sih Prince) in ecncluding his remarks in the Bud- get debate in the-Legislature yes- terday.

“What about the present lvItIn- ister?" asked Mr. RR. Bell. I

‘He ls good. but he wouldn't be as good as the leader oi the Op- position." Mr. Delaney replied.

He made reference to the ‘satis- factory supply oi C. N. R. reefer cars this year, and quoted from an ‘editorial hate in The Guardian commending railway activities dur- ing the rexnt stonrnyhioh tied up other forms of transportation.

He urged the raising of more revenue through liquor sales, stat- ing that in Nova Scotia there was a net profit. this year 0i 88.171747 frcm this source. and in New Brunswick a profit c! some $6.000.- 0C0

He celled attention to the ex- cellent condition o! the cement highways built in Summerslde in 1931, and in Borden in 1934. He gave Conservatives credit in this connection, stating that roads oi this kind were built to last a liie- time, and cost nothing for upkeep. "We pay enough in maintaining our asphalt roads to pay the in-

ierest on $000,000 of cement roads," he said. ., , 1n speaking on the Workmens

Compensation Act on Wednesday. Mr. Delaney had suggested that either Mr. Cfl‘. Montgomery, sup- erintendent of the Island Division. C.N.R., or Mr. Ross McEwen should be appointed to the Board. In yes- terday's report of his remarks he was erroneously quoted as saying that both these gentlemen should be appointed.

BUYS BRITISH PLANES

CALOUTTA, lndia-(Orl-Tne commander-in-chiei of the Royal Indian Air Force is in the United Kingdom on a purchasing mis-. sion. Among the planes he will buy are Jet Vampires. Mitchell bombers. Tempests. Spitfires and Hurricane fighters.

ALUMINUM SCHOOLS

BRISTOL, Eng-(OP) —5ohoois are being constructed from alum- inum in Britain. with the first three being opened here recently by the minister of education. 0r- ders for 192 more aluminum schools have been received.

NEW STIAMQHIP COMPANY

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. March 24 — rOIfi-A new company. to be known as Newfoundland Great Lakes Steamshlos Limited. will be- gin flreight service from here to Toronto and Hamilton with the opening oi St. Lawrence River, it was learned today.

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Lionel Barrymore — June Allyson

This show contains the elements ‘of love ond hate, laughter ond teors, sacrifice nod selfishness. Truly o wonderful show.

Reviewer‘: Rating: EXCELLENT. Fridoy 8.00 Soturdoy 8.30

— Claudette Colbert

Dr. Ralph J. Bunchc, M. grand- son oi a. slave and son oI a De- troll; barber who became acting UN mediator for Paletiine, was named winner oi’ the Splngarn medal for the "highest achieve- ment" In 1948 by an American Negro. The award Was the 34th. given annually by the. National Association for the Advancement. oi Colored People.